Official release of RTORRENT module

[majority]

all right fobking10.

To get around the seeding issue, remove the following line from the .rtorrent.rc file:

on_finished = rm_torrent,"execute=rm,$d.get_tied_to_file="

that should leave the torrent file allowing the download to continue to seed.

[mrshish]

Hi Guys!

I must say this module is really the boost i needed for my N2100! Its simplicity is great!
Thanks a lot!

However, I have the same problem, when the torrent is done, it stops seeding..

As majority said, I have to edit my .rtorrent.rc file... and here is the noob question!
How do I do that?? I have installed ssh 4, and can log in as root.. but i cant ls any catalog nor see any file.. what should I do?

[mrshish]

i got it.. !
I edited the one in in the downloaded module and uploaded it again and it worked..
However.. is there any other way?

[majority]

This is how I do it ;D
Connect via ssh, browse to the rtorrent.rc directory (/raid/module/RTORRENT/system/etc/) and type:

vi rtorrent.rc

vi is a text editor, a little hard to use at first but you get used to it.
I don't know if there are any other text editors installed on the thecus by default, maybe getmythe knows. But to use vi, hit 'i', this should put you into insert/edit mode (you'll note the capital I at the bottom left corner). Start editing, and when you are done exit edit mode by hitting the escape key - and note the I dissapears. Then hit the colon key ':' (shift ;) and you should be in command mode. type 'wq' which stands for write and quit. if you edit something incorrectly you can just type 'quit!' in command mode which will force a quit without saving.

[olympia]

I tried to figure out how to queue torrents with rtorrent, but no success.
I mean, it is possible to copy more torrents to the active folder and start the first, but queue all the others, than processing them one by one?
Now rtorrent starts all the torrent at the same time.

[majority]

amazingly enough, limiting concurrent downloads isn't a feature that is available with rtorrent!

i've had this issue too, I get around it by just saving the torrent with another extension and then renaming the extension back to .torrent when I can see other downloads are done.

[ferg]

i knew there was something odd about seeding with rtorrent!

if i have already downloaded a file and it is complete and i want to see it, how do i do this?
I tried putting the complete download and the torrent file back in the active directory but rtorrent will start downloading again!

any thoughts?


p.s. i have just noticed that doing this completely overwrites your torrent :-(

[majority]

ferg said:

i knew there was something odd about seeding with rtorrent!

if i have already downloaded a file and it is complete and i want to see it, how do i do this?
I tried putting the complete download and the torrent file back in the active directory but rtorrent will start downloading again!

any thoughts?


p.s. i have just noticed that doing this completely overwrites your torrent :-(

ferg check my post here or quoted here:

majority said:

all right fobking10.

To get around the seeding issue, remove the following line from the .rtorrent.rc file:

on_finished = rm_torrent,"execute=rm,$d.get_tied_to_file="

that should leave the torrent file allowing the download to continue to seed.

the problem is with the way that the .rtorrent.rc config file that is included with the rtorrent mod is setup. It is by default set not to seed any files on completition - e.g. once a download is completed the torrent that is stored in the active directory is deleted, and the completed download is moved to the finished dir.

remove the line mentioned in the quote and the torrent file will not be deleted, and the torrent will proceed to be seeded, and continue as per your defined seeding rules in the .rtorrent.rc

only issue with this is that you won't know if a torrent still is being seeded if you try to delete/move it from the finished dir. I guess you might be unable to delete it when trying to whilst it is seeded, but you can add symlinked dirs that show if a torrent is being seeding (check here)

just say if I haven't answered your question correctly .

[ferg]

majority,

i think you get what i am saying but i have a few other thoughts....

ok so lets say i download a torrent, and it completes and begins seeding. Rtorrent, according to the .rc file will still seed the download even though it has changed the directory from active to finished? As long as the torrent has not been deleted?

So you could say that all seeding torrents are in the finished directory and active directory. Am i on the right track?

All your link says is where to monitor and move the freshly completed download to.

i'll give this a try on a smaller torrent this time so i don't overwrite 1.8gb!

thanks

[majority]

d**n i was tired when I wrote the previous post, and I am even more tired now. But just before I go to bed, removing the quoted line from the .rtorrent.rc is what I have done on my own rtorrent - I am not at home to re-check what I have done, but I checked it when I did it and I believe it works with regards to seeding. To answer your questions.

1. yes, the torrent will still be seeded even though the completed torrent download has been moved to the finished directory - as long as the .torrent has not been deleted, which it isn't, since we haven't told the .rtorrent.rc script to do so.

2. i don't know what you mean by this,but: the .torrent file from a torrent will always be in the active directory (e.g, seeding, downloading). if it is not here then you are not downloading/seeding it anymore. the downloaded contents of a torrent will be in active when incomplete, finished when complete.

3. my second link (rtorrentcommon tasks) refers to adding symlinks so you can keep track of which downloads are still being seeded. e.g, may I recommend

on_finished = link2,"create_link=base_path,,.finished"

I believe is what I used. Then downloads in the finished directory that are still seeding will have a folder below them with the extension .finished, so you know they are still seeding.

and whilst I remember, a merry christmas & and a happy new year to you all.

[N2100Owner]

What kind of performance are you getting from the RTORRENT module? Comparing to a PC running other clients such as Azureus or Bitcomet what is the difference in speed?

[majority]

N2100owner, I don't have much to compare to because I haven't used any other bittorrent clients in a while - I find it much easier to let my NAS run at night, turning off my computer - my room is so much quieter this way .

Anyhow, I haven't been dissapointed by the speeds I get on rtorrent. I have it limited to 110kb/s down (I share an 8mbit connection with _alot_ of other people), and I often reach this limit on a torrent with many seeds. In no way have I ever felt that rtorrent is slower than other torrent applications.

For an example of rtorrent on a real pc, I can say I have a friend who runs it on a server he has with about 40 torrents running, where well seeded downloads max out at 1100kb/s, upload at 50kb/s, which rtorrent seems to handle just fine.

[ferg]

Ok i found another little bug that is probably me not getting things quite right but its worth a post.

When changing the rtorrent.rc file - there are a file place s and links that are confusing me.

firstly there is /raid/rtorrent/.rtorrent.rc

i assume this is just a link to another rtorrent folder elsewhere.

secondly there is /raid/module/rtorrent/system/etc/rtorrent.rc
and /raid/module/RTORRENT/system/etc/rtorrent.rc

Now it says in the documentation to change the system/etc option
but even restarting rtorrent will not let this file take effect. I need to change the .rtorrent.rc file in the linked directory.

Why are there two folders in raid/module ?
What is their significance and why sometimes to they show the linked rtorrent folder.

all of this is very strange....

[getmythe]

Looks like someones is slightly confused

The rtorrent module is installed in /raid/module/RTORRENT
The rtorrent resource file is /raid/module/RTORRENT/system/etc/rtorrent.rc

As rtorrent is executed as user root the resource file has be be /root/.rtorrent.rc
Directory /root is in RAM and it's content is lost on each reboot, therefore I have
linked /root/.rtorrent.rc to /raid/module/RTORRENT/system/etc/rtorrent.rc

Directory /raid/modules/rtorrent is the share where rtorrent puts all it downloads
When you create your own share on the web gui say with name heretorrent the
module setup code will link /raid/heretorrent to point to /raid/modules/rtorrent

hope this clears things up
getmythe

[getmythe]

Version 1.1.00 of the RTORRENT module now has a built in configuration editor (with undo!)

You may now change the rtorrent config file right from the admin web interface. Just navigate to the module option page and hit the edit button. In case the config is messed up to badly there is a restore button to return to the original config.

have fun
getmythe